He used magic to bring him back from the dead. I don't think the normal rules apply.

I refuse to play the "i didn't say that game", but you're free to pretend SLC just posted that article because he wants to keep us all informed on random articles coming from the times.  He can play his  (I'm borrowing a term you two accused me of weeks ago) "lawyer" nonsense and claim that his posting of an article implies nothing.  But I have a memory and an above average IQ, so I know if he's posting something, it's because he finds importance in it.  In this case after months of crying about piss tapes, hacked voting machines and collusion (all of which can be found here and on his own forum) I'm the asshole for not associating his "random, completely informative post" with his previous assertions of treason, collusion, espionage, etc. 

But I'm the condescending one, pretending that no one can "know" my motives or intent behind posting an article.  This is why I literally laugh out loud whenever you accuse me of having no convictions/principles/beliefs/values.  I make my position very clear.  I don't need to hide behind a facade of innocence.  If I'm wrong, I'll be called on it.  I don't need to pretend I don't have a position on a subject.

"There is no evidence in the emails that Mr. Sater delivered on his promises, and one email suggests that Mr. Sater overstated his Russian ties. In January 2016, Mr. Cohen wrote to Mr. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, asking for help restarting the Trump Tower project, which had stalled. But Mr. Cohen did not appear to have Mr. Peskov’s direct email, and instead wrote to a general inbox for press inquiries.

The project never got government permits or financing, and died weeks later.

“To be clear, the Trump Organization has never had any real estate holdings or interests in Russia,” the Trump Organization said Monday in a statement. Mr. Trump, however signed a nonbinding “letter of intent” for the project in 2015. Mr. Cohen said he discussed the project with Mr. Trump three times."

This is definitely the smoking gun you've been looking for.  I don't know how we didn't see that this aided Trump's win months ago.  When do you think formal charges will be brought against Trump for this?  What charges do you think are best suited?

I don't have an opinion one way or the other on the pardon.  We knew it was coming, it was supposed to happen during that horrible rally in Phoenix.  But they postponed it to prevent the leftist from beating people outside the rally. I don't like the idea of a sheriff violating the law anymore than you do.  But I also don't like the idea of a President intentionally breaking the law because he believes once a standard is set, it will force us to maintain it.  You can't talk about a nation of laws out of one side of your mouth and then justify violating the law when it fits some poorly thought out moral standard out the other.

Nope.  Still let down by this season.